She asked before she turned away
`Is there anything you need to say`
`I love you` might have worked
But I never said a single word
She never even made the front gate
Before I knew I was too late
Chorus:
I waited `till she was far enough away
And then I cried
I waited till I had all she could take
I don`t know why
I wanted to say `I love you`
At the perfect time
And like a fool
I waited till she said goodbye
All the lines weren`t quite right
The cha nces that I let slip by
All the times that I held out
Are reasons she`s not here right now
All she really needed was to know
All I had to do was let it show